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Virgil Mihaiu (born June 28, 1951 in Cluj, Romania) is a Romanian writer, jazz critic, diplomat, jazz aesthetics professor, polyglot, and performer. He was co-founder and the first director of the Romanian Cultural Institute in Lisbon, and served as minister-counselor at the Romanian embassy in Portugal. ==Biography== Virgil Mihaiu graduated from the Faculty of Letters at Babeș-Bolyai University in 1974, after studying English and German, as well as Spanish and Portuguese. Between 1971 and 1983, he was on the editorial staff of ''Echinox'',〔Chapter on Virgil Mihaiu in ''Literatura Echinoxului'' by Nicolae Oprea, Editura Dacia, Cluj-Napoca, 2003.〕 a cultural magazine. In 1981, he became a member of the Writers' Union of Romania.〔Virgil Mihaiu’s Curriculum Vitae on the site of the Writers’ Union of Romania/Cluj: http://www.uniuneascriitorilor-filialacluj.ro/detalii_membrii_635_MIHAIU-Virgil.html.〕 Between 1983 and 1993, he was part of the editorial staff of ''(Jazz Forum )'', the International Jazz Federation's magazine in Warsaw.〔Polska Federacja Jazzowa (Forum : Polish Jazz Federation magazine ), periodical, .〕 He joined the editorial staff of ''Steaua'', the cultural monthly of the Writers’ Union, in 1990. Mihaiu became an assistant professor at the Gheorghe Dima Music Academy in Cluj in 1992. Five years later, he became a professor of Jazz Aesthetics of the jazz department at Gheorghe Dima.〔Virgil Mihaiu’s Curriculum Vitae on the site of Gheorghe Dima Music Academy of Cluj-Napoca: http://amgd.eu/58.Faculties/83.Faculty_of_Theory/155.The_musicology_and_music_education_department.html.〕 In 2002 he received a doctorate for his monograph on F. Scott Fitzgerald.〔''Between the Jazz Age and Postmodernism: F. Scott Fitzgerald'' (conceived and published in English), Editura Universitatii de Vest, Timişoara, 2003, ISBN 973-8433-33-9〕 In 2006, he founded and became the first director of the Romanian Cultural Institute in Lisbon,〔Virgil Mihaiu’s Curriculum Vitae on the site of the Romanian Cultural Institute (www.icr.ro ); see also Romanian Cultural Institute in Lisbon: ().〕 continuing in the post until 2012. He also served as minister-counselor at the Romanian embassy in Portugal〔Virgil Mihaiu’s Curriculum Vitae on the site of Romania’s Ministry of External Affairs: (www.mae.ro (http://old.mae.ro/poze_editare/CV_Mihaiu.pdf )); see also http://lisabona.mae.ro/.〕 Mihaiu is an honorary or full member of several organizations, including an honorary member of the United States' Jazz Journalists Association (JJA),〔For more information about the Jazz Journalists Association visit their official site: http://www.jazzhouse.org/.〕 a member of the (Romanian PEN Club ),〔Virgil Mihaiu’s Curriculum Vitae on the site of the Romanian PEN Club : (www.penromania.ro ).〕 and an honorary member of the Czech-Romanian Cultural Association. Since 1999, he has been a part of the ''Down Beat Jazz Critics Poll''〔See Down Beat Jazz Critics Poll: http://www.downbeat.com/default.asp〕 and the international editorial college of ''Down Beat'',〔''Down Beat'' ( ) http://www.downbeat.com/digitaledition/2012/DB201203/_art/DB201203.pdf.〕 a jazz magazine edited in Chicago. Since 2004, he has served as a member of the European Jazz Prize Jury (the (Hans Koller Prize )) and a member of the editorial council of the "(Tribuna )" cultural magazine. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Virgil Mihaiu」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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